Reply #6: That's essentially it, but you need to get a little fancier

[jmowreader]

Simply swapping the totals is likely to be noticed--you could only do it in cases where the election was within a percent or two. Better to shift one-percent increments to Bush until you've got a randomly-selected margin of victory.

c = a (Kerry vote count)
d = a (Bush vote count)
v = random integer between 4 and 11

subroutine Votemove
if c > d
e = c / 100
f = c - e
g = d + e
c = f
d = g
//Votemove steals one percent of Kerry's vote and gives it to Bush//


subroutine Compare
if c > d
do Votemove

j = d - c
if j > v
do Votemove
else Finalize
//Compare decides whether the vote has been stolen by enough; with an insufficient theft, it goes back and moves another percentage of Kerry's vote to Bush's column//

subroutine Finalize
a = c
b = d